Is he playing turkey — or serious? The potential local impact of Trump’s gambit on tariffs. And what has to happen before the year ends.

As you prepare your shopping list this holiday season — don’t forget about the city’s vibrant local business scene. Four business owners joined “Chicago Tonight” to share their work.

The holiday shopping season is here — we visit some small businesses you can add to your next trip. And how local Native Americans are celebrating their heritage.

Chicago is home to one of the largest urban Native American populations in the United States. More than 65,000 Native Americans live in the greater metropolitan area, representing about 175 different tribes.

Misconduct allegations against one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s former top staffers. And what’s on the menu this holiday season — the co-hosts of “America’s Test Kitchen” on that and their new cookbook.

With more than 600 episodes and 2 million weekly viewers, “America’s Test Kitchen” has become a household staple. The show has been on public television since 2001 with the aim of putting home cooks at ease by focusing on their needs.

Former Ald. Danny Solis (25th Ward) marks the most substantial witness in the government’s case against former House Speaker Michael Madigan. Solis began his testimony last week, and he is expected to be on the witness stand for several days.

Hundreds gather to remember slain CPD Officer Enrique Martinez. Many after-school programs say they’re at risk of losing funding. And meet some of the members of Chicago’s first elected school board.

Trump's choices don't have experience running large bureaucratic agencies, but they know how to talk about health on TV.

With transit advocates hopeful they’ll see shovels in the ground next year to kick off the long-awaited Red Line Extension, the Chicago Transit Authority is racing to finalize the $1.9 billion in federal funding needed to complete the 5.6-mile project before the Biden administration leaves office.

Mayor Johnson says alderpeople should stop throwing tantrums and start negotiating the budget seriously. And disgraced former Ald. Danny Solis takes the stand in Michael Madigan’s historic corruption trial.

The latest on Chicago budget negotiations. Hear from The Onion’s executive editor. And the Forest Preserve District of Cook County is reaching a major milestone.

Satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction last week, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre that killed 20 children and six adults a hoax.